Lightroom will finally become faster as Adobe announces GPU-accelerated editing
Aug 13, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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If there’s one thing most Lightroom users agree about, it’s that the program could use a speed boost. In its latest announcement, Adobe introduces GPU-accelerated editing in Lightroom Classic and Camera Raw. It should make the editing process smoother and make the programs faster and more responsive.
Adobe announced the upcoming improvements on its blog. There are several new features coming in the latest update, but the GPU-accelerated editing is certainly the most interesting one. Adobe writes that this feature lets Lightroom Classic and Adobe Camera Raw provide a “smoother and more responsive experience.”
As I mentioned, there are a few other improvements to Lightroom ecosystem. They allow you to:
- Batch merge for HDR and panoramas (Lightroom Classic).
- Download edits found on Discover posts as presets by tapping on the three-dot menu at the top of each post, afterward head to your preset library to start applying them to your images (Lightroom for mobile, iOS and Android).
- Recover deleted photos on the device you’re using (free users) and any devices connected to your account (premium subscriptions) (Lightroom Ecosystem).
- Use color labels to organize your collections, collection sets and smart collections (Lightroom Classic).
- Export your photos as PNGs (Lightroom Classic and Camera Raw)
If you’re an Adobe subscriber, you can update Lightroom and Camera Raw to the latest versions and get the new features. More information will be available on Adobe Blog, but it seems to be offline at the time of writing this. We’ll let you know once it comes back, and we’ll update you once the new features are available.
[Update: Adobe’s updates to the Lightroom ecosystem are now live, and you can read more on Adobe Blog.]
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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24 responses to “Lightroom will finally become faster as Adobe announces GPU-accelerated editing”
Go Affinity
At last
sadly NOT for us who use LR6 and don’t want to rent a programme…but own it like normal.
£19.00 a month !! :o
Duncan Knifton where did you get the £19 from? I’m paying £9.95.
just been on the site…. I must have clicked on a different programme…..
But £9.95 is still £120 a year… :/
So you used to buy Photoshop every update for £500+ did you?
Is .32£ a day a lot?
…again. Let’s hope it works this time.
I think I’ve heard this one before, from DIYP, oh look, 18 months ago!
Feb 2018: “…FINALLY MAKES IT FASTER”
https://www.diyphotography.net/adobe-updates-lightroom-classic-finally-makes-faster/
It’s about time!!
But if I still have to RENT it instead of BUY it and OWN it forever, then I will still have to say no thanks. There are plenty of really good alternatives out there — Affinity, Luminar 3, Capture One Pro, DarkTable, DxO — that make Lightroom and its ridiculous rip-off subscription model now look like a rather sad also-ran.
My allegiance to Lightroom ended after version 6.
Greg very little software is actually own and run it forever unless you are going to keep the exact same hardware and OS running. Is the time and effort to keep your legacy software running worth saving Is .32$ a day?
You are on a different subject — and on top of that, your argument makes little sense.
1. If I own the software, then *I* can determine how long it has utility for me, and *I* can determine whether, and when, either a software upgrade, or hardware refresh, or both, is appropriate for my needs and for my budget. This is not the case with a subscription rental model.
2. What “time and effort” would be required to keep legacy software running? Click…launch it…done. No $120+ a year required to do that, for as long as *I* want. I still run LR6 occassionally for certain things. It cost me $120 when I bought it several years ago on sale. It still works fine, still has good core functionality for certain aspects of my workflow, and it will continue to work, for no extra cost, for as long as I want it to. I don’t always need every new feature that comes out, and a lot of that stuff is just bloat anyway. If I do see a new feature or two that would be useful, then *I* can make the decision to upgrade at that point. But I generally find that I can skip a version or two between upgrades, and definitely don’t need to pull the trigger on every incremental upgrade that comes out, thank you very much. Subscription software-rental models that take that decision-making power away from users and force people to pay a too-high yearly price for the “privilege” of always having the latest update, are for fools.
Actually Greg all Adobe has to do turn off the old auth servers and you can never reinstall again. You do know you can prevent updates on the newer software as well right? Software repeatedly needing to check in is one of the few ways to defeat piracy.
And if you have stopped using Lightroom after 6 why are you concerned at all? I hear it’s hailing in Nebraska but since I live a thousand miles away it affects me about as much as this does you.
Again, you are on a different subject, throwing out the strawman argument of reinstallation, when I had never mentioned that whatsoever. That’s the first strawman that you threw out. The second is regarding updates to newer versions. Again, I never mentioned it, and it is absolutely beside the point. If I have LR6, and refuse to upgrade past that due to having to go with a subscription model, then I am not going to get any updates anyway, by definition. So, the fact that Adobe can prevent updates to LR6 by having it check in with their server is completely irrelevant and a moot point.
To answer your last question, I’ll just say — You weren’t listening to me very well, were you? I stopped using Lightroom after version 6 due to Adobe’s wrongheaded and overpriced subscription model. THAT is my concern. I thought I made that blindingly clear in my previous posts; perhaps you should go back and re-read them.
Blah blah blah will own my software forever and I can build a shrine to it when it stops working blah blah. Considering the explosion in their profits because ya know they’re a business and they like to keep the doors open I’d say you are quite wrong. Not to mention how much the boom and bust intermittent income stream contributes to the malignancy of the software developer career field.
You just don’t get it, do you?
Greg, you never actually own any software you have unless you produce it yourself. You only license that software at the terms of the software company you purchased your copy from. If they decide that software is not going to be supported, well, you will be running at risk. And if the next version of your OS will not run it, they don’t have to update that version to work again.
But, it sounds like you don’t need it anyway, so why even bother to post if your are just going to rant about a subscription model. It may not work for you, but it works for a lot of other folks, especially professional photographers who depend upon their software to run correctly at all times in order to keep their income streams flowing.
Too little too late, Adobe. Currently riding the learning curve with Capture One, after 10 years with you and like it more already.
I have it but half way through wedding so will update when I’ve finished this batch x
Promises, promises! Adobe never delivers!
Why do people who refuse to pay for a subscription even care to read about the updates. Don’t you folks have better things to do?
Believe it when I use it!
I’m currently building a new desktop machine for editing in Lightroom Classic and I make heavy use of adjustment filters and brushes with my type of landscape photography. Which GPU should I get (max. $400) for the best Lightroom Classic performance? It’s going to be a AMD Ryzen 9 3900X + ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero Mainboard + 32GB Ram + Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus SSD
Update: I went for a Intel Core i9 and this is my current machine which is a lot faster at importing/exporting than my Dell XPS 15 9560 (Core i7-7700HQ (4x 2,80 GHz) + 32GB RAM + 1TB SSD) but not lightning fast. Also the develop module still feels laggy and slow sometimes, but also noticeably faster than on my laptop. I create Lightroom Presets with a more artistic and experimental editing approach and therefore need to do a lot of testing on hundreds of different RAW files and this used to bring the laptop down to its knees and I also had a lot of thermal issues… I still hope for drastical improvements of LR Classic…
My desktop Lightroom machine:
Intel Core i9-9900K, 8x 3.60GHz
MSI MPG Z390M Gaming Edge AC
Corsair Vengeance LPX schwarz DIMM Kit 32GB
Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 2TB
Palit GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER JS, 8GB GDDR6
Noctua NH-L9x65
be quiet! Straight Power 11 650W
SilverStone Sugo SG12 Case
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64Bit